Garment-carrier.



S. KATZ & G. C. BARNETT. GARMENT CARRIER.

APPLICATION FILED 00124, 1910.

987,074, Patented Mar. 14,1911.

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SAMUEL KATZ AND CHARLES C. BARNETT, 0F PIQUA, OHIO.

GARMENT-CARRIER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 14, 1911.

Application filed October 24, 1910. Serial No. 588,770.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, SAMUEL KATz and CHARLES C. BARNETT, citizens of the United States, residing at Piqua, in the county of Miami and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Garment-Carriers, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to garment carriers and has for its object the provision of a comparatively simple and thoroughly efiicient device of this character, the construction of which is such that garments and the like may be conveniently housed within'a cabinet or other inclosure for storage or moved to display position at the front of the cabinet when it is desired toexhibit the goods.

A further object of the invention is to provide a garment carrier including a track or support formed of a plurality of telescopic sections, and a carrier rod suspended from said track and movable with the latter to extended or retracted positions.

A further object is to form the track and carrier rod of extensible sections eccentrically arranged one within the other to provide intermediate chambers or compartments for the reception of lubricant.

A still further object of the invention is generally to improve this class of devices to increase their utility, durability and efliciency.

F or a full understanding of the invention, reference is to be had to the following description and accompanying drawings in which Figure 1 is a vertical sectional View of a display cabinet provided with a garment carrier in accordance with our invention, showing in full lines the carrier rod housed within the cabinet and in dotted lines the carrier rod moved to extended position to display the goods. Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view taken on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is an enlarged vertical section view showing the telescopic members comprising the overhead track and carrier rod nested.

Fig. 4 is a detail perspective view of a portion of the overhead track showing the construction of the same.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the following description and indicated in all the views of the accompanying drawings by the same reference characters.

The improved garment carrier forming the subject matter of the present invention is shown by way of illustration'in connection with a display stand or cabinet in which 5 designates the top, 6 the rear wall and 7 the front, preferably open as shown topermit the garments to be moved to display position when desired.

The device comprises a track or support formed of a plurality of telescopic sections 8, 9 and 10, eccentrically arranged one within the other to provide intermediate chambers 11 for the reception of oil or other lubricant. One end of the inner section 8 is threaded in a boss 12 extending inwardly from a plate 13 secured to the rear wall of the cabinet, while the opposite end of the section 8 is exteriorly threaded at 14 for engagement with a correspondingly threaded cap 15. The intermediate section 9 extends through an opening in the cap 15 and is provided with a similar cap 16 through which ex-.

tends the outer section 10.

The exterior walls of the sections 9 and 10 are formed with longitudinallydisposed grooves 17 for the reception of anti-friction balls 18, thus to reduce friction between the parts and render the device practically noiseless.

Secured to the interior walls of the sections 8 and 9 are longitudinal plates 20 preferably curved to conform to the shape of the sections and which coact with the adjacent grooves 17 to form raceways for the balls 18.

The outer section 10 is pierced by a transversely disposed pin 21, the opposite ends of which project beyond the exterior walls of said section and are curved to conform to the interior walls of the adjacent section 9, said pin by engagement with the cap 16 serving to limit the outward or extensible movement a similar purpose. that the pins 21 and 22 not only form stops of said section.

The intermediate section 9 is provided with oppositely disposed stop pins 22 which are adapted to engage the head or cap for It will here be noted for the telescopic sections, but by engagement with the walls of the adjacent sections serve to assist in centering said sections one within the other and maintaining the sections in i v the proper spaced relation.

" be introduced within the adjacent cham- I hers 11. r V I Disposed beneath the track is a carrier rod preferably formed in two sect1ons'2et and 25,

The upper portion of some of the telescopic sections comprising the track or SUP port are formed with one or more openings 23 through which Oll or other lubricant may said sections beingnested and movable to extended and retracted positions with the sections comprising the track. The inner end lot the carrier section-24t is threaded in a boss '26 on the plate 13 while the other end thereolf projects within the section 25, the outer endof the section '25 being connected to the 1 outer section 10 of the track by a plate 27 r The inner face of the plate 27 is provided so u c engagement with corresponding threads withspaced internally threadedbosses 28 for formed-9n the'sections 10 and 25,'said plate "being provided with a depending handle 29 bymeans of which thecarrier rod may be conveniently moved to extended or retracted positions.

Secured to the inner end of the carrier section is a movable hanger or traveler 30 "comprising spaced arms connected at 31 to form upper'and lower rings or loops 32 and V 33, one ofwhichis adaptedto embrace the outer section Sgwhile theother is rigidly se- .cured to the section 25 by screws or similar fastening devices 34.

Disposed at thejunction ofthe arms comprising the traveler is an overhanginghood 35 in which are seateda plurality of anti- 1 friction balls 36 adapted to bear against the exterior wall of thesection 8 so as to assist in reducing friction between the parts.

The outer end of the track section 8 is'suspended from the bottom of the cabinet by'a bracket or hanger'37 of any suitable construction. In operation the garment hang- :tion 25 in the manner shown in Fig. l of the ers 38 are suspendedfrom the carrier rod secdrawings, and in which position they are effectively housed and protectedwi'thin the cabinet; 1 r a "By exerting a longitudinalpull on the handle 29 the carrier section 25 together with the hangers suspended therefrom may be moved to display position at the front of the cabinet for the purpose of exhibiting the goods when desired. The caps 15 and 16 will preferably be provided with suitable packing so as to prevent the escape of oil or other lubricant from the compartments 11 and thus allow the telescopic sections to slide ireely one within the other without liability oithe'oil dripping on the garments and inj uring the same. It willhere be noted that the outer ends of the pins 22 are curved to conform to and bear against the interior wall of theouter sect1on8 while the mner ends of said pins are curved to conform to and bear against theexterior wall of the outer track section 10, as best shown in Fig.

2' of the drawings.

The garment carriers may be made in different sizes and shapes and nlckeled, a-

panned or otherwise coated to give the same a neat and attractive appearance.

in said raceways,'and. a carrier rod suspended from and movable with the track to display position. I l

*2. A garment carrier, including a track formed of a plurality of telescopic sections eccentrically disposed one within the other,

two ofsaid sections being provided with caps, anti-frictionballs'interposed between the sections, and stoppins piercing some of the sections and adapted to engage the ad- 7 jacent caps for limiting the extensible movement of the track sections, the outer ends of said pins being curved to conform to and adapted to bear against the interior walls of "the adjacent sections.

3. .A garment carrier, including a track formed of a plurality of telescopic sections eccentrically disposed one within the other to form intermediateoil chambers, there being openings formed in said sections and communicating with r the chambers, and grooves formed in'the exterior walls of some of the sections, plates secured to the interior walls of other of said sections and coacting with the adjacent grooves to form raceways, antifriction ballsseated in said raceways, termi nal caps secured to some of the sections, transverse stop pins carried bytwo of said sections and adapted to engage the adjacent caps for limiting the extensible movement of the/track, a sectional carrier rod disposed beneath the track, a traveler secured to one of the carrier rod sections and embracing one oi the track sections, said traveler having its upper portion provided" With an overhang- In testimony whereof, we affix our signaing hood, anti-friction balls seated in said tures in presence of tWo Witnesses. hood and bearing against adjacent track SAMUEL KATZ. [1 s.] section and a conneotln late secured to one ofthe sections of the c rrier rod oppo- CHARLES BARNETT site the traveler and engaging the outer tele- Witnesses: seopic track section said connecting plate MILTON KA'rz,

being provided With an operating handle. AUGUST F. LOEFFLER.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. C. 

